corduroy
English
/ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ/, /ˈkɔɹdəɹɔɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.
- (obsolete) Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
- A pattern on snow resulting from the use of a snow groomer to pack snow and improve skiing, snowboarding and snowmobile trail conditions. Corduroy is widely regarded as a good surface on which to ski or ride.
Etymology
Compound from English cord + English duroy (name of a 17th century coarse fabric made in England).
Origin
English
duroy
Gloss
name of a 17th century coarse fabric made in England
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedcord English
- cord English
- cord set English
- cordectomy English
- corded English
- cordgrass English
- cording English
- cordite English
- cordless English
- cordlike English
- cordmaker English
- cordmaking English
- cordocentesis English
- cordotomy English
- cords English
- cordset English
- corduroylike English
- cordwood English
- cordy English
- drawcord English
- duroy English
- duroys English
- hemicord English
- needlecord English
- neurocord English
- paracord English
- pullcord English
- rheocord English
- ripcord English
- tailcord English
- uncord English
- ventriculocordectomy English
- whipcord English
- corde Middle English
- corda Irish
- corde Old French
- kord Cebuano
- cyrt Welsh
- còrd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- kod Tok Pisin
- cord
- cords
- duroy
- cordy
- duroys
- corded
- uncord
- cordset
- cording
- cordite
- bedcord
- ripcord
- tailcord
- drawcord
- cordlike
- cordless
- whipcord
- cord set
- paracord
- cordwood
- rheocord
- pullcord
- hemicord
- cordmaker
- cordgrass
- neurocord
- cordotomy
- needlecord
- cordmaking
- cordectomy
- corduroylike
- cordocentesis
- ventriculocordectomy